Variola (Noun)
Meaning
A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Variola major, a severe form of the disease, is marked by flat red spots that progress to pus-filled blisters and finally leave disfiguring scars.
- Due to a highly effective vaccine campaign led by the World Health Organization, the variola virus has been eradicated in most countries worldwide.
- Contracting variola at an advanced age may have fatal consequences for patients who did not experience and build up resistance in early childhood.
- Most hospital-acquired infections involved influenza or MRSA while an individual suffered variola on return to England following hospital evacuation procedures elsewhere abroad.
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